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Quiz: The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 1hrs 17mins

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Class
Date
1.

These items could be just as valuable as gold in the Old World:

a)

coffee, chocolate, potatoes

b)

sugar cane, tobacco, indigo

c)

rice, silk, whale oil

d)

spices, tea, tools

2.

The Triangle Trade was...

a)

the movement of slaves from Africa to the Americas.

b)

a trading of triangle-shaped objects, usually made of gold.

c)

the movement of goods and people from the Americas to Africa.

d)

the movement of goods & humans between Africa, the Americas, and Europe.

3.

Where were the majority of enslaved Africans sent?

a)

The Caribbean Islands

b)

North America

c)

Portuguese Brazil

d)

Europe

4.

Which of the following best describes the space aboard a slave ship.

a)

cramped

b)

roomy

c)

luxurious

d)

typical

5.

Some slaves decided to jump overboard and drowned instead of remaining on the slave ship.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

Combining raw materials and processed goods into finished products.

a)

charter

b)

intolerant

c)

triangle trade

d)

manufacturing

7.

What ocean was crossed on the Triangular trade routes?

a)

The Caribbean

b)

The Indian

c)

The Atlantic

d)

The Pacific

8.

How were the conditions of the slave boats during the Middle Passage?

a)

The lodgings were clean and sanitary for the slaves

b)

The slaves were well fed and clothed

c)

The conditions were dirty and unsanitary for the slaves

d)

None of these

9.

Which group of people did Africans replace as slaves in the Americas?

a)

Peasants from China

b)

English Serfs

c)

Spanish slaves

d)

Native Americans

10.

How did the African kings likely view the Africans they sold?

a)

criminals, debtors, prisoners of war

b)

fellow Africans

c)

cannibals

d)

family

11.

How did the Atlantic Slave Trade affect Africa's future?

a)

Africa's villages ceased to exist

b)

Africa's economy collapsed

c)

Africa's population increased

d)

Africans would be seen as equals to Europeans

12.

The crops grown in the New World were...

a)

labor intensive

b)

very dangerous to cultivate

c)

easy to grow

d)

also grown in Africa

13.

Introducing guns to Africa caused

a)

many wars and conflict

b)

better ones to be tested and developed

c)

a shortage in ammunition

d)

none of these

14.

What group of people usually captured slaves in Africa?

a)

Europeans

b)

Other Africans

c)

Indians

d)

Chinese

15.

Originally, a difference of being a slave in Africa vs the Americas was ____. Later, of course, that would change.

a)

it wasn't usually for their lifetime

b)

being able to marry a free person

c)

they could own land

d)

All of these actually

16.

Slavery had a huge demographic impact on African society because...

a)

European colonizers improved their societies

b)

they had access to imported goods from the Americas

c)

guns wiped out entire villages

d)

some lost entire generations